Stand Out Prints: An International Juried Print ExhibitionBack for a fourth installation, this juried exhibition highlights the huge variety of styles that printwork can come in. The show features prints from 75 artists working around the world, and each was selected from over 900 applicants. Jan Jahnke celebrates nature with abstract pieces while Lynnette Black’s intaglio and stencil dances with details. Ellen Heck’s woodcut and tinted portraits are a sunny delight, and Linda Whitney captures movement and rich costume tradition in her print of Native dancers. See them all—and many more—at Highpoint. The opening reception is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, September 7, and will also include tours of the print shop. Opening reception 6:30-9 p.m. Fri., Sep. 7. Free. Highpoint Center for Printmaking, 912 W. Lake St., Minneapolis; 612-871-1326. --Jessica Armbruster

WAM-O-Rama 2018WAM-o-Rama, the Weisman Art Museum’s art party series, returns this week with a variety of offerings. Bohemian Press, makers of delightfully edgy greeting cards, posters, and calendars, will be on hand to make some live print art, including T-shirts. Hosts WAM Collective will give tours of the galleries, and Mesa Pizza will serve eats. The evening will also include live music from Papa Velvet & the Good Ghost, Henry James Patterson, and YAM HAUS, plus a dance performance from Anna Marie Shogren. Be sure to stop by the photo booth for a memento of your evening. 6-11 p.m. Sept. 7; Free. Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, 333 E. River Rd., Minneapolis; 612-625-9494. –Jessica Armbruster

CollabIt’s not so much a trend, perhaps, as a return to the interdisciplinary collaborations that marked the fertile arts scene of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s. We’re speaking here of dance in museums, or in the case of this event, an art gallery. Nonetheless, anytime Laurie Van Wieren is on the docket (who finally, at long last, was selected in 2018 as a McKnight Choreographer Fellow), it’s a cause for celebration—as well as forays into the silly and cerebral. Here she’s helping launch a new series, Collab, with contributions by collaborators that include an exhibition, a live reading, costumes, and environmental design. The unparalleled Judith Howard, along with Marggie Ogas and Lauren Coleman, accompany Van Wieren on the floor. 6-9 p.m. Sept. 7; Free. Soo Visual Arts Center, 2909 Bryant Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-871-2263. –Camille LeFevre

Melissa Borman; Shannon EstlundWomen and nature have always been inseparable, whether the context is biological, mythological, psychological, theoretical, medical, or academic. Still, when female artists turn their attention to the natural environment, the frisson that arises from seeing women in the wild—from a woman’s perspective—can be revelatory. Painter Shannon Estlund and photographer Melissa Borman return to the wild in dual exhibitions, with work that blends mystery with realism that takes viewers back to the primordial garden. There will be an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, September 7. Opening reception 7-10 p.m. Fri., Sep. 7. Free. Rosalux Gallery, 1400 Van Buren St. NE, Minneapolis; 612-747-3942. –Camille LeFevre

Second Saturday & Art Studio Garage SaleEach month, artists in the California Building in northeast Minneapolis open their studios up for special sales, receptions, activities, and demonstrations. This weekend, however, they will expand the event with pop-up shopping that goes beyond typical art offerings. Oddities to be discovered include ballet slippers, old frames, art books, antique furniture, and scratch-and-dent art pieces at bargain prices. Check out the fourth-floor lobby, where one artist boasts that you’ll find tropical-themed items, kitschy knick-knacks, and possibly even a signed cookbook by Linda McCartney. For starving artists who need to get creative for cheap, many studios will also be selling things like secondhand art supplies and other related items. Stop by Mojo Coffee Gallery for free caffeinated beverages. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 8; Free. California Building, 2205 California St. NE, Minneapolis; 612-788-5551. –Jessica Armbruster

This Is Ours: Our Park, Our Lake, Our TrashWhat are we doing to preserve and protect the water that we love, revere, enjoy, and need in order to live? For three years, artist and activist Sean Connaughty has been wading into Lake Hiawatha to collect the trash that washes up on or near the shoreline. During this one-day exhibition, Connaughty and his collaborators will raise your consciousness. John Schuerman, whose politically inflected art is achingly humanist and emotionally resonant, is one of them. Erica Spitzer Rasmussen’s pop-up paper shop invites visitors to make paper from local flora. Presley Martin’s sculptures and installations are otherworldly, yet constructed from flotsam and jetsam. The event runs from sunrise to sunset, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sept. 8; Free. Lake Hiawatha Park, 2701 E. 44th St., Minneapolis; 612-370-4930. –Camille LeFevre

Aragti WadaagSoomaal House of Art is at it again, hosting its third-annual exhibition highlighting the talents of Somali artists here in the Twin Cities and around the world. Titled “Aragti Wadaag,” which means “shared vision,” the show features work by 12 artists: six from the U.S., two from the U.K., one from Canada, and one from Sweden. They’ll be showing their pieces in at the Darul Quba Cultural Center, a mosque located in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. The collection includes drawings, photography, collage, painting, graphic design, poetry, illustrations, and installations made from metal, concrete, and wood. The reception this Saturday, September 8, features a tour of the exhibit, poetry readings, and a discussion with the artists from 5 to 8 p.m. Public reception 5-8 p.m. Sat., Sep. 8. Daily from Sept. 1-30; Free. Darul Quba Cultural Center, 1501 S. 6th St., Minneapolis; 612-332-0104. –Sheila Regan

Some Pages for a Book of HoursBooks, photographs, and a suite of broadsides assembled by Joyce Lyon, celebrating the heroic final years of four women. Opening reception 6-8:30 p.m. Sat., Sep. 8. Free. Form + Content Gallery, 210 N. 2nd St., Minneapolis; 612-436-1151.

Borough Block Party 2018The eats and drinks at Borough’s annual block party might be a little bougie, but after a summer of fried cheese, light beer, and meat on a stick, you might be ready for something a little more refined. This Sunday, the North Loop bar and restaurant will host an outdoor party featuring live music, drinks, and more. The music lineup includes Americana group Radda Radda, yacht rocker Al Church, funk group Pho, and rocking cover band Viva Knievel. Friendly dogs are also welcome. All ages. 12-8 p.m. Sept. 9; Free. Borough & Parlour, 730 Washington Ave. N., Minneapolis; 612-354-3135. –Jessica Armbruster